In The Country We Love Novels & Stories

He was home. This was the country they were building. Not on stages or in boardrooms, but here. In the quiet alchemy of a shared meal, in the laughter over a burnt finger, in the silent, content weight of a head in a lap. It was a country with its own laws—where a kiss was the best medicine, where vulnerability was the highest form of security, and where love was not a declaration made once, but a quiet, continuous act of creation, built night by night, meal by meal, in this domestic, perfect peace.

CHAPTER 34 Ava Marquez-Petrakis We made love in almost of all the places we visited during our trip. After Greece, we went to Tuscany, Rome, Paris, and Germany. I loved the Tuscan sun and the beautiful place. But what I truly loved the most was our lovemaking. It was always passionate and different. We were like two teenagers who couldn't stop getting a taste with one another.

"I will always follow you to the ends of the earth. Jungpi can burn for all I care if I cannot have you with me. I choose love over this country any day." "Langhua my beloved, I promise I will always take care of you and our Jungpi kingdom. There may be some discomfort in the future to make sure we stay our course but I think you are strong enough to bear it. It will sting, but when the wound is done scarring, something beautiful will bloom for both of us."

I know that both of us have the deepest of love and care and concern for each other- the kind of real love that makes life worth living. The End

I like him too! "We're not going to make love today Wife. We'll celebrate." And even though I didn't understand what he said, I just nodded. The only thing on my mind right now is, Kent likes me. Kent likes me. Kent likes me. That's the only thing that keeps coming into my mind. -- We are now in Kent's Dodge Viper and we are going to.. "Hubby where are we going?" I turned to him, because I could see the scenery we were passing. We have been traveling for almost three hours.

Arnold said and there was an awkward silence “And who told you that?” Uzor said “Your hearts” he replied “(laughs) I feel the love” Yvonne said “Shut up you both” Rachael said – she and Uzor couldn’t look each other in the eyes “So much love in the country these days” Yvonne said laughing “That’s not true” Arnold said “What do you mean by that is not true” Yvonne argued, Arnold walked to Uzor's car “There is no love in your country… there is no love in your world”

"That's part of why I agreed to this ridiculous dart nonsense in the first place. Close enough to your family, far enough to breathe, not so far we can't come home when it matters. And close enough that you can finally finish something you started before all of this swept you up." I press my face into his shoulder, overwhelmed in the good way, the way that makes my eyes sting and my chest feel too full and too warm all at once. "I love you," I tell him, muffled against his sweater. "I love you and I love this ridiculous family and I really, really love that we're moving somewhere with actual sunshine and In-N-Out." "I don't know what that last thing is, but I'm sure I'll come to love it too,

"Let's do it. Let's fight for our love." ****************************

Then, she said, “You know what this sounds like, right?” Amelia narrowed her eyes. “Don’t say it.” Maya grinned. “Enemies to lovers.” Amelia groaned. “Maya, I swear—” “Just saying,” Maya sang. “It’s a classic trope.” “Not our trope,” Amelia shot back. Maya giggled. “We’ll see.” Amelia rolled her eyes. “Anyway,” she said, “enough about him. I have other news.” “Ooh,” Maya said. “Spill.”

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